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Ken Schraeder’s 1990 Chevy Lumina

by IAN JACKSON on June 23, 2018 · in Automotive · 13 ≡

Well look here, another NASCAR build from that British bloke who lives in New Zealand ! - yep, been at it again, folks, this time with the AMT version of the Lumina - to my eye they captured the lines of the car better than Monogram did [...]

The Battle of Malaya 10. December. 1941

by Won-hui Lee on June 23, 2018 · in Ships · 6 ≡

HMS Prince of wales 1/700 Scale Manufacturer : Fly Hawk I made Diorama the last of Royal Navy battleship the Prince of Wales that sank in the Battle of Malaya. The torpedo struck Prince of Wales on the port side aft, abaft "Y" [...]

IJN Heavey Cruiser Atago : Operation Shoho

by Won-hui Lee on June 23, 2018 · in Ships · 14 ≡

Atago was the flag of Admiral Kurita. He headed to the Leyte Sea of the Philippines with a huge fleet to stop MacArthur's troops from landing in the Philippines. At 6:32 a.m. on October 23, 1944, the USS Darter fired six torpedoes at [...]

Hasegawa 1/32 Fw-190A-6 “checkernose”

by Tom Cleaver on June 23, 2018 · in Aviation · 9 ≡

The Fw-190A-6 was the last version of the “mid-range” Fw-190A series. As with the A-2, A-3, A-4 and A-5 sub-types, it had two 7.62mm machine guns mounted in the fuselage, for primary use as “sighting weapons.” Unlike the earlier [...]

Johnny Desmond with Glenn Miller AAF Band

by Tom Cleaver on June 23, 2018 · in Uncategorized · 1 ≡

More music to model by. (link)

Treasures in the corner….

by Rob Anderson on June 22, 2018 · in Aviation · 32 ≡

So I went to Skyway Models today looking for Panzer Crew for my Panther, no luck there. In the corner under some other kits I did however find a treasure from 1977, the Monogram B-29, complete with diorama sheet! I really need to [...]

Review: Platz 1/72 F-15J Eagle review

by iModeler Youtube Picks on June 22, 2018 · in Aviation, Reviews

1/48 Kinetic T-45 Goshawk: The Advanced Jet Pipeline

by paul teixeira on June 22, 2018 · in Aviation · 8 ≡

Historical Snapshot: (From the Boeing Company Website) In 1978, McDonnell Douglas and British Aerospace developed the T-45A Goshawk, a carrier-suitable version of the British Aerospace Hawk. The first Hawk, which flew Aug. 21, 1974, was [...]

Aero L-39 ZO Albatros in 1/48.

by Tony Prince on June 22, 2018 · in Aviation · 11 ≡

This pretty little bird has been sitting in my stash ever since I bought it at a 'bring & buy' day at our IPMS meeting a couple of years ago. The kit included a swag of after-market bits, most of which I didn't use as my eyesight is [...]